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Adding a Rear Door to the Trailer, and a Drawer Slider
Build Log Dec 20, 2020 · The Shop · 4 min read

Adding a Rear Door to the Trailer, and a Drawer Slider

How you ask? By adding a new door, and a drawer slide 🙂

First, I had to order a door to be custom sized — I found a place online, and then waited like 6-8 weeks. But I've got it, and now it's time to do something with it.

The new custom doorThe new custom door

/ Out With the Window

First things first: remove the rear window (easier than I expected, just a razor knife and 5 minutes).

Removing the rear windowRemoving the rear windowRemoving the rear window

/ Cutting It In

Then I grabbed a grinder and cutter wheel.. then test fit the new door. WOOT — it fits perfectly. Once I got the door in, I realized the blinkers have to move.. of course, and I think I'm going to install one of the spare gas can holders next to the door. The HARDEST part is now done.. now the tedious part of redoing some of my wiring.

Test fitting the doorTest fitting the doorTest fitting the door

/ The Laser-Cut Switch Plate

Since I have a laser cutter.. I made a new switch plate for the master power switches and the inverter remote.. then added some small wire jumps, and installed it. Thank goodness it fit. (Ok, I had to cut the damn plate a few times to get the holes right, and of course I broke one installing — but I'll skip over that part in pics.)

New switch plateNew switch plate

/ Wiring Cleanup

Then it was time to clean up the wiring harnesses... and re-install it all on the wall.

Wiring cleanupWiring cleanup

Finished inside and outside view at this point.. looks great. Now to wait for my drawer slides to show up, and I can get the fridge re-installed with them.. I'll make another post when I get to that (likely the week after Xmas).

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